Lexus IS200 2.0 24v Sport 4dr Review

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Lexus IS200 2.0 24v Sport 4dr
4.4 stars
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bailey25t's Review of Lexus IS200 2.0 24v Sport 4dr

15th Nov 2005

Overall Rating

3.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    Not supplied
  • Performance
    3 stars
  • Reliability
    4 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    Not supplied
  • Doors
    5
  • Practicality
    4 stars

A friend of mine has a Lexus IS200 SE. I own a Ford Focus 1.8 lx. 1999. While occupying the car as a passenger I did feel the smooth acceleration. Every corner felt like the car was going to over steer massively, but with the powerful traction control, over steer is none existent and can really deceive the speed you can do into corners, where most would over steer mount a curb crash burn and die! With rear wheel drive and the traction off I would love to know exactly what sort of sideways positions you could adopt. However, it's not all singing all dancing. 6 gears mean the bottom end is quite slow. Getting the big heavy saloon with its electronics and drive shafts up to 60mph is quite a task. I had a go and was looking forward to experiencing the feeling of that smooth acceleration in second, but it never came. Then one day we had a race to the pub. The Lexus, when turning right on a roundabout went to the outside. We both had our foot down in second gear, and my Focus actually increased distance between us out of the corner. As you can take the Focus to 60mph with it's wide gear ratio, I looked surprised to see the Lexus fading in my mirror! The traction hindered the cars performance out of a corner, however once over 60mph the sheer torque of the 2 litre 24 valve Lexus put the Focus to shame. In a 0 - 60 the Focus would trounce the Lexus, but anything else doesn't have a chance. I'm sure the Lexus can be in the running for the ultimate saloon, however there is only one ultimate - put your hands together for the Volvo S70 T5! See my other reviews!

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